LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has expelled Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Chief Minister Gulbar Khan along with 11 other lawmakers, accusing them of forming a forward bloc and voting against party policy in the regional assembly. Termination notices dated September 5 said the expulsions were effective immediately. The letters cited “clear violations of party policy” that had … Read more
ABUJA: Nigeria scraped past Rwanda 1-0 to stay in contention for qualification to the 2026 World Cup on Saturday. It was the first home win by Nigeria in the qualifying series and it moved them up to third in Group C with 10 points from seven matches. They next play group leaders South Africa, who … Read more
NEW YORK: Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos saved three championship points against all-British pair Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski on Saturday to win their first US Open men’s doubles title. Salisbury and Skupski were a point away from winning with their opponents serving down 5-4 down in the third set but Granollers and Zeballos fought … Read more
NEW YORK: Japanese wheelchair tennis star Tokito Oda completed the career golden Slam at the age of just 19 on Saturday as he won the US Open title. Oda edged his Argentine doubles partner Gustavo Fernandez 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (13/11) in the final. Oda and Fernandez won the men’s wheelchair doubles on Friday. “After match … Read more
Pakistan’s U-23 national team suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat against hosts Cambodia in their second group-stage match of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers. The decisive moment came in the 31st minute when Cambodia’s Doth Yem found the back of the net, giving the home side a lead they successfully defended for the remainder … Read more
PARIS: Cristiano Ronaldo helped an emotional Portugal enjoy a perfect start to their World Cup qualifying campaign as Thomas Tuchel’s uninspiring England remained unbeaten on Saturday. Portugal, playing for the first time since the death of their Liverpool forward Diogo Jota along with his brother Andre Silva in a car accident, took an impressive first … Read more
The Provincial Rain and Flood Emergency Monitoring Cell has reported significant changes in Sindh’s water situation, with sharp increases in inflows and outflows at major barrages. At Trimmu Barrage, water inflows surged by 112,576 cusecs over the past 12 hours, reaching 488,169 cusecs, with outflows recorded at the same level. At Panjnad Barrage, inflow and … Read more
NEW YORK: World number one Aryna Sabalenka overpowered Amanda Anisimova to defend her US Open crown on Saturday, defeating her American rival in straight sets to clinch the fourth Grand Slam title of her career. Sabalenka ruthlessly attacked Anisimova’s shaky service game to complete a 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) victory on the Arthur Ashe Stadium which … Read more
Several thousand protesters marched in Washington, DC, on Saturday to demand that US President Donald Trump end the deployment of National Guard troops patrolling the capital city’s streets. With Trump vowing crackdowns in other Democratic-led cities as well, he appeared to threaten Chicago with migrant deportations in a social media post with an image that … Read more
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order offering some tariff exemptions as soon as Monday to trading partners who strike deals on industrial exports such as nickel, gold and other metals, as well as pharmaceutical compounds and chemicals. Trump has spent his first seven months in office building up massive tariff increases to reorder … Read more